purpleair-api 1.0.1a1

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purple_air_api (PAA)

This is a python3 wrapper for the new PurpleAirAPI (PAA). Details of the API can be found using this link: https://api.purpleair.com/#api-welcome To use the PurpleAirAPI (PAA) api keys are required. You can get API keys by sending an email to [e-mail] with a first and last name to assign them to.

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Purpose

This package is designed to be used for making tools around the PurpleAir API.

For example, PAA data loggers - https://github.com/carlkid1499/purpleair_data_logger

Installation

You can install the PurpleAir API via pip.

python3 -m pip install purple_air_api

You can install PurpleAir API by cloning down this repo.

git clone https://github.com/carlkid1499/purple_air_api.git
cd purple_air_api
python3 setup.py install

Usage Example

First we need to import the PurpleAir API (PAA)

from purpleair_api.PurpleAirAPI

Next we need to make an instance of PAA.

my_paa = PurpleAirAPI(your_api_read_key, your_api_write_key)

Now you can use that PAA instance to do things like...

retval = my_paa.request_sensor_data(1234)